And Another Thing ...

One more prediction and one quick rave as we head into the weekend ...

First, the rave. The NHL board of governors has decided to change the schedule up again. I know that 99.99% of people are now saying "the NHwho?". But this is important. It's a lot easier to market stars like Sydney Crosby coming to town than it is to sell an eighth game each year between Detroit and Columbus. The new schedule will allow the Original Six teams to actually face each other more than once every three years and revive some old rivalries that were canned to try and create new ones. I'm usually very negative on Bettman and his gang of weenies, but on this one, they got something right. Two thumbs up.

Now for the Prophecy ...
In between college football games this Saturday, try to check out the coverage of Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The coverage is on NBC from 4:30 - 6:00 pm ET. I'm predicting that Macca (Chris McCormack) will win the men's race in a time around 8 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Craig Alexander of last years dream team Tri Dubai. I'll go with an upset on the women's side ... maybe Chrissie Wellington of the UK over our proud Canadian Samantha McGlone! Okay ... so the race was a month and a half ago and these prophecies are obviously right ... my blog, my rules. Just check it out. This is an awesome event where you get to see thousands of incredible people put everything they have on the line for 8-9 hours (or up to 17 for the age-group racers!). Get inspired!